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There are signs of a new political dynasty rising in France, where Nicolas Sarkozy's son Jean, 21, is running for local office in his father's old fiefdom, the prosperous Parisian suburb of Neuilly-sur-Seine, next month. Unlike his dad, Jean - described as a law student and part-time actor - is tall and blond, but otherwise their mannerisms and voices are so similar that the television satire show Les Guignols de l'Info uses the same puppet for both with the addition of only a wig. Mini-Sarko told Le Figaro that his father had told him to be himself, adding: "I am very aware of the stakes." He has already had a taste of the privileges of power: in December a motorist, M'Hamed Bellouti, launched a private prosecution after claiming the police had failed to investigate his complaint that Jean had run into his car on his scooter, because they said they couldn't find the Sarkozys. Bellouti pointed out that when the lad's scooter was subsequently stolen the police swung into action to recover it.

Interesting times beckon in Antipodean Anglicanism, where the former Canadian bishop Victoria Matthews - narrowly beaten to become Canada's primate last summer - has been elected Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand, a place she has never visited. She is a theological conservative who nevertheless voted that gay partnerships do not violate core church doctrines, which should bring her into interesting relations with the arch-conservative Archbishop of Sydney across the Tasman Sea, Peter Jensen, who does not believe that women should be put in charge of anything, least of all a church. The defeated candidate for Christchurch was the combative dean of Southwark cathedral, Colin Slee, who will thus remain a thorn in the flesh of C-of-E conservatives.

Congratulations to Jeremy Paxman who was named presenter of the year at the Royal Television Society journalism awards on Wednesday night, along with the corporation's business editor, Robert Peston - for his Northern Rock scoop of the year - political editor Nick Robinson and former hostage Alan Johnston. The awards marked a return to form for the BBC, which won seven, compared with just one last year. ITN's John Suchet was given a lifetime achievement award for his skill in news reading.

Here's Jonathan Alter, senior editor of Newsweek, telling a political meeting in Washington DC: "You can read the Guardian if you feel the American press is no good."